Re: [PATCHv3 2/3] NETKGDB: Ethernet/UDP/IP KDB transport.

On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 22:30:10 EST, Andrei Warkentin said:

+Note: the parameter is optional and largely unneeded unless you
+are running a listen server - netkgdb will accept connection from any
+IP on all interfaces and will reconfigure itself appropriately if

This *really* needs a discussion of the security implications of this.  Do
you *really* want to have a kgdb that will accept connections from *anywhere*?
Sounds like an insta-root waiting to happen.

+the assigned interface IP address changes. This makes it useful
+in an environment where it's not known ahead of time what computer
+will connect to perform the crash analysis.

Exactly. You don't know ahead of time who's going to connect. That's the
problem...